We are the scavengers

Chapter FOUR:

Chapter Four:

“Oh oh……” Alvis muttered. My body started to sweat heavily and only then I notice that I stink! I need to take a bath… I tell to myself despite the danger before us. After days of waiting, I’ve experience to sweat again. ‘It was my cooling off’. When the sweat cools off, it gives you a cold feeling and it was quite refreshing. I realized that I haven’t taken a proper bath for almost 3 years now. What I call bath is when I bathe myself with rain in the middle of the street. But a proper bath? It was beginning to become a myth to us because of scarcity of water.

I snap myself and stare at the rugged man being laid before our own eyes. We were lucky to escape from death to that guy named Matt a while ago, but I don’t think we can escape this… because he was really trying to kill us first and foremost. My body tensed and shook violently. I started to think death… morbid scenes and I was beginning to become paranoid of imagining what he is going to do with us.  Am I just gonna let our lives end like this? Like how I didn’t put up a fight a while ago?  But I will admit it shamelessly; I do not know how to fight back. All I learned to do is run away from possible dangers for years now. And sadly that’s all I taught Alvis since he was young.  I smiled bitterly.

Good thing we didn’t put up such a fight a while ago but I need to do it now. We were just lucky that Matt wasn’t a bad guy because if he was, Alvis and I might be dead right now and it is quite a shame that I didn’t have the courage to protect my brother.

Alvis squeeze my hand tightly that made me look at him. I looked at his almond eyes but I cannot read what he was thinking. He looked me straight in the eyes like he wanted to say something. “Don’t worry, I’ll protect you” I said to reassure him. I didn’t know what kind of force made me say those words. But it just came out from my mouth when I looked at his eyes. Right. I cannot forgive myself if anything happens to Alvis. I won’t let anyone hurt him no matter what might it cost me. I’m gonna protect him.

“Stay behind me” I told Alvis.  I look at his eyes and it pierce through my soul. It was like; he was holding such grief… it felt strange. But I didn’t know why.

 My body started to wince thinking of that creepy rugged man. How am I gonna win over him? I ask at the back of my mind. My body started to shake violently as every muscle, every tissues of my body cringed at the thought of getting killed; and this was also due from hunger.

I need to calm myself….

I’m beginning to lose strength. I need to eat.

I clench my hands to fists to measure my strength and to maintain my guard. I opened and closed them.

I need to kill him. I need to survive.

We will live.

I took a glimpse of him and I was caught off guard when he was a few meter away from us! How fast did he get there? This guy was fast! I could pretty much tell. Good thing I was a fan of power rangers when I was a kid and I imitated immediately the pose they do before they went to battle with their enemies. I know it was a bit off and awkward but it was the best of all body posture for defense…. The only thing that bothers me is my strength and skills to handle this mad man. We were both thin but in terms of murdering someone I could be easily defeated. Who knew how many awards this man got from murdering? I didn’t even know how expert this man can be!  I didn’t imagine much about his skills cause it was making me tremble in fear which is very embarrassing especially if your brother was watching. The ‘ugly man’ (that is what I’d like to call him) twisted the rod with expertise like a majorette. Is he one of them five years ago? I shook my head at the stupidity of the thought. He was a killer. If I’ll let my guard down he can take me in less than a minute.